How long do you play?

[todorp]

I have failed about 5 or 6 exams because of this damned game:-) Once i started a game at 8 AM and finished next morning at 10. I just can't stop when I start.

I did this a few times with STW and RTW. With MTW2 I try to control myself and play to 12am max

[Armenia_Byzantium]

I have failed about 5 or 6 exams because of this damned game:-) Once i started a game at 8 AM and finished next morning at 10. I just can't stop when I start.

I remember when i failed a couple of my computer science exams because of my addiction to age of empires, now we have total war, what a waste of time age of empires was!

[Chosun]

I'm down to about 4-5 hours a week now. I guess I'm just waiting for the second patch. Too many mods to choose from which is a good problem but still a problem. My breaks from the game have been getting a little longer in between sessions but I think it might have to do with the Chicago Bears. Maybe I will play more after they win the Superbowl.

[Lorenzo_H]

I play for around 30 mins to an hour. Rarely for more than that.

[Gingivitis]

Always longer than I think I will, that's for sure. "This is the last turn" I tell myself. Even if I do follow through with that I end up spending an eternity filling up every build queue, checking every city and castle, and evaluating the position of every army, priest, merchant, spy, diplomat, and assassin. The problem is unless there's a major battle about to be played there's a bunch of little things that you think you can just do before you quit, but you end up doing a bunch of them and poof it's an hour later. I made it to work on time today only because I knew a force would be sallying from a town I was attacking if I hit "end turn" so I knew I had a good 15 minutes ahead of me if I stayed.

[alex9337]

I am a guilty sinner! I work a shift that doesn't see me get home until 9:00 pm in the evening. I just have time to visit briefly with my two wonderful children before my wife and I tuck them in for beddy-byes.

After that, I eat dinner and my wife and I watch TV or play a game of something (scrabble, etc) or just chat. By 11:30 pm, my lovely wife is exhausted (she has a normal schedule) and goes to bed.

I can't sleep yet. I have a dedicated gaming computer in my home office. I launch into the game immediately and play until at least 3 or 4 AM. I go to bed, get up at 9 am, read the paper, do odd jobs and maybe errands and then off to work for 1 pm.

The weekends are for my wife and kids. I try my best (but not always successful) to stay away from the game during this time.

Seems to work out ok for all concerned!

[Lord Fluffy]

I play for around 30 mins to an hour. Rarely for more than that.

Wow, I have single battles that lasted longer than that. I just did this one battle that lasted almost hour and a half. I'm trying though to limit myself to about 2 hours tops. Been working lately.

[Marquis of Roland]

I will play if I have at least a half hour free time.

Any non-castle field battle that does not involve more than 3 stacks on the other side, whether custom or campaign, I can usually finish in 30 min. Castle battles take about 15 min. more.

It takes me about 10 min. per turn in campaign after the first 10-20 turns or so, so I'd like to play at least 2 or 3 turns before I close the game.

People that play exclusively at 2x battle speed or more, I've seen them finish battles in 10 min. or so.

Even so, I usually lose track of time and go to sleep 30 min. or an hour late. Thank god the office is close to home lol.